Brian Bull
Freelance reporterBrian Bull is a part-time reporter with the KLCC News department, and first began working with the station in 2016. In that time, Bull's been a general assignment reporter, documentary and podcast producer, and interim news director. He's also been senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and a journalism professor at the University of Oregon teaching audio storytelling, public affairs reporting, and story development.
In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His work has been heard on NPR Newscasts and programs, and APM's Marketplace. He's also a substitute host for National Native News, and has had articles published in The Eugene-Register Guard, The Oregonian, Indian Country Today, and Underscore Native News. Several photos of CAHOOTS workers he took were featured in People Magazine in July 2021.
Bull has won dozens of accolades and awards in his career, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (25 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Indigenous Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
An enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Bull has worked with NPR's Next Generation Project geared towards diversifying the ranks of tomorrow's journalists. He's been a guest faculty instructor at the Poynter Institute on covering underrepresented communities, and also served as chair for Vision Maker Media, which supports authentic programs and documentaries produced by Native Americans.
Bull has a Master's Degree in American Journalism Online from New York University, and a B.A. from Macalester College where he studied Psychology, English, and Dramatic Arts.
He's glad to be home in the Pacific Northwest, close to his family, tribe, and the Oregon Coast. If only someone had warned him about the grass seed pollen every spring! Bull is married and has three children, and five cats. He enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, the visual and performing arts, and the occasional Godzilla movie.
Read how Brian's desire to spur reflection led him to a career in public media.
Check out Bull's latest NextGen project with regional mentees in Oregon, hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Brian is the director and lead interviewer for the Public Radio Oral History Project, which aims to build a repository of interviews with many of the industry's founders and innovators.
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Roughly 60 people held an Independence Day protest outside Eugene’s federal building Saturday. It was the first large gathering since a contentious fence was taken down days earlier. -
Crews dismantled a metal fence around Eugene's federal building following a judge's order, ending a two-month barrier that activists argued obstructed free speech. -
Eugene eatery Lox, Stocks & Bagels was filmed for the online show "America's Best Restaurants," a boost owner Maxwell Davis welcomes during the summer lull. -
The City of Oakridge has received a $500,000 Brownfield assessment grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess contamination levels of its old log ponds, and possibly reopen an old recreation facility. -
A new museum celebrating Oregon’s film history is coming to the Cottage Grove Armory, starting with recreated bedroom sets from "National Lampoon's Animal House." -
Roseburg Schools and the Cow Creek Umpqua Tribe partner to offer high school credit for the revived Takelma language and boost Native student support in Oregon. -
Several members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians recently shared their perspective about harvesting a humpback whale last November. The event was to establish the mammal’s cultural and historical importance to coastal Natives. -
With temperatures expected to soar into the 90s and even the triple-digits through the weekend, Oregonians are advised to hydrate, stick to shady or air-conditioned spots, and not exert themselves. -
Eugene’s City Council got a sobering review of the city’s financial forecast Monday night. The forecast is meant to help the city prepare for its budgetary planning. -
A Eugene man is offering $1000 for the return of a diary he says belonged to his grandfather who fought in World War II.
